Bottle holder



A. LESTIN BOTTLE HOLDER Dec. l1, 1934.

Filed Feb. 17, 1933 Patented Dec. 11, 1934 UNITE-1i: stares:

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BOTTLE HOLDER -i' Alfred.Lestin, Vienna, Austria; assigner-to'Adolf 1'.

Giesl-Gieslingen, VvNew York, N.- Y.

Application February. 17,

.1933, .serial No. 657,217.

kIn Austria Februaryl', 1932.

9 Claims:LM (C1. 4232;111) 1 more :work berequired. on Vthepart. of .themilkmanexceptplacingthe full bottles in the .holder and'. removing. .theempty ones. tiorrwith keys and the like shouldbe confined tothegpartyto.vvhom.,theA milk is being. delivered.

In. .theA presently .known devices.. 4which -iulllz the .abovecondition, eitherpnly. the full.. milk.; bottleis beingglocked' While;thefemptymne lre.- mains .,unprotected, .or .any bottle, locked in they.

.holder.maybe` removed therefromby: inserting a similar ybottlein which.case, obviously,.the.f.ull.e

Any manipula.-

Fig.12,thearrangement of the release lever for the full-bottle;

Figures 5 and?? show-'various combinationsof thefglockingffdevicezvvith` receptacles; Fig. 6 is fa side'glvieW-tat. a right anglegtovFig. 5, and Fig.. 8 a like side. viewecorresponding. to Fig; .-7.

device-.is .'formedt-Withinfa housing l having .a Hanglage-2. Ansopenng,.4., in vthertop of thehousing serves; to admit a ythe f-head;;of an.emptyr bottle V5 (Fig. f7.1) 'while-a similar.- opening 6v at the bottomWilliadmitcthefheadzof*a full. bottle 7 (Fig 2).

Thebottom-,openingffis partlycoveredby lockingwplates 8 madein twoIhalves and pivotally .supported byg'axles 95 Ancpeni-ng of the diame-.terrlO is cutlout fromnthefsaidflocking plates and bottle :canbegstolen byany one'who hasan empty` -is largegenoughgto accommodate thebottle neck bottle ready.

It is a primary .object of myinvention to pro: vide a bottle holder,.Whichprotects thezyempty; bottle against rremoval andgives.thesamepfree .as .p soon .asa similar bottleis being inserted;smilie...v the ffullzbottlegonce. locked, is removable onlyby means-oi.a key-.in the hands of theovvner.

Another object vof my-....invention is v to protect several morebottlesfbyra single locking. .devices and-.to so arrange saidlockingdevice thatrecep-f.; tacles. of anyeapacity vcan be readily attached orthat it may be used singly. for thepurpose of q protecting 'onlyonebottle.

A further Objectis to makethe.devicedepend: g entonlyfupon the form .ofthe standardizedl bot- 'i tle head, While being independent of thezshapeor volume of the bottle proper.

Finally, my device is simple, strongrandcomf. pact in construction andits partsare completely enclosed andprotectedl in addition to L'further: advantages as will appear-fromthe-followingl description Intheaccompanying drawing, Figures -1 and 2 on the rightside of theircenter lineshow-'the f lockinggdevice in vertical central section alongthe line A-A in Fig. 3, .While the parts`17 and 20 are .cut along theline.B-"-B.` Onthe left side of the center line a front view ofthe'.locking device is shown Withthe covering Wall-,andthe release lever.for the full bottle ren'ioved..v In., Fig.. 1, the position of theparts is such as-occurs4 after an empty bottle I.haszbeen inserted,.ineFig., 2 theirposition -is shown' when holdingca full bottle.

Fig. 3 shows a. horizontal section along 3-3-in.Fig;-, 2.

Fig.. 4 showsfina frontzview correSpOndingto r.

.the-line Whilefit is smallerthan--thei bottle head.-l Obviously.:snchlockng plates when regardedvvith-Y outwtheffurthen mechanism noW-tobe described, 0

Willfpermitgla bottle -7 to'be insertedyduring which Vactthey...will.opentoward the inside oi the.housing'-1 and,.,. after the'bottle head has i passedfthrough-f-theyfvvilly :close around Ythe neckandl lockvrthevbottle againstremoval.

Simi-1ar.flocking plates 11', supported yby axles 12, areplacedfinsideaof `the top opening 4 and are ,Y beingpressed toward Ytheclosed position byehelicalV springsgl; v

Atwtheiradfjacentedgesj-all four halves of saidAlocking'plates;areitted-vvith pins 14. Linksl 15 .connect'theupper-lockingxplates with the lower yandare of such'length vthat-,theupperflockingplates Will be held open to let a bottlehead pass.throughfif the lowerfones'zare being pressed into theclosed`positionrasshovvn in Fig. 2. On the other hand, -slots =16 permit theupper and lower, platesto `bevmovedfto some extent against eachV other.

. The -further.mechanismvconsists -of a cap 17 madeto fit over -.abottle head .and ,connected with. a crossheadfl .guided`.by.rods\19,Whereby'only a vertical movement-of'thensaid cap yis possible; a tableplate 20is supported overthe cap 17 bylegs 2l ,z saidslegsl passing.through openings in the said cap and-.beingsecurely guided` by andeasilyslidwill sit .oventhe cap.,17 as shown in Fig.v 1, with:

thev flanges-122' preventing any .further downward y l saidcentralslotnof the--crosshead areY twol arms 24:,ieach`rmlynfastene'dfito 7,one of thetwo halves Referring novv to Fgures'vl to3: jTheI locking of the bottom locking plate 8. Pins 25 pass across thecentral slot of the crosshead in such a position that, in connectionwith the locking plates 8 and the arms 24, they prevent the cap 17 beinglifted much above the locking plates.

In operation, my invention acts as follows: After an empty milk bottlehas been inserted through the opening Al, with the head downward as inFig. l, the spring-pressed locking plates 11 will secure it againstremoval; they can be opened only by pressing the bottom locking platesdown which is not possible as long as the key 23 prevents the arms 24.from closing toward each other; in order to lift the said key, the tableplate 20 has to be lifted by pushing its legs 21 in upward direction:This is done by inserting the full milk bottle '7 in Fig. 2, and pushingit upward until the head comes to rest against the top of the cap 17,thereby lifting the legs 22 and pulling the key out from between thearms 24; now, as the full bottle is being let loose, its weight willclose the bottom locking plates which closing is now no longer preventedby the key 23, and at the same time the upper locking plates will beopened by means of the connecting links 15, and the empty milk bottlecan be taken out while the full one is rmly locked in the holder.

In order to remove the full bottle, the same must rst be lifted and thelooking plates 8 must be held open by pressing upon the release lever 26in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 4 whereby the pins 14 and theattached locking plates are being lifted by means of the link 28transmitting the movement of the lever 26 to the pins 14. Said releaselever is normally locked by the lock 27 that can be opened by a key inpossession of the authorized person. There is no other way of liftingthe locking plates 8 high enough to free the full bottle, for the tableplate 20 prevents any tampering with the arms 24, and a lifting of theupper locking plates will also not serve the purpose for I give saidupper plates a smaller angular movement than the lower as clearlyvisible in Fig. l, where the stops 40 limit the closing movement of theplates 11 to the position shown, which is suiiicient to lock the bottle5, but not sufficient to bring the plates 8 into release position.

Naturally, the release lever 26 can be arranged in some other way, orcan be dispensed with if the link 28 is being pulled from the outsideand being locked in a convenient way; and other details may be changedfrom the specic embodiment herein described without departing from thespirit of my invention.

The fact that the full bottle must be placed upright into my holder,while the empty bottle is being inserted with its head down, is animportant advantage since mistakes are practically excluded thereby.

My locking device may be used alone to protect only one bottle, full andempty, or it can be combined with a novel arrangement of receptaclesdevised by me. Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a preferred example of acombination with a single receptacle 29, the opening of which isprevented by the full bottle; this arrangement will be used for exampleif bread and the like is being delivered with the milk and only oneempty bottle is desired to be locked. As shown in Fig. 6, the cover 30of the receptacle and its axle 31 are so formed and located that thesmallest bottle size will render the receptacle inaccessible while thereis room for a much larger bottle.

If two or more milk bottles are desired to be protected, then thecombination shown in Figures 7 and 8 is preferable: the locking device 1is at.-1 tached to a receptacle 32 for incoming goods and another 33 foroutgoing goods such as the empty bottles 5a, 5b. The cover 37 of thereceptacle for outgoing goods is so arranged that it can only be openedin the direction of the arrow 38 and around the axle 39 after the emptybottle 5 has been removed from the locking device; likewise, the cover34 of the receptacle 32 for incoming goods is locked by a full bottle 7,irrespective of bottle size. The milkman rst iills the receptacle 32,then inserts a full bottle 7 into the holder whereby the receptacle 32is locked and at the same time the empty bottle 5 and the receptacle 33is automatically being freed.

Obviously, several other arrangements of my holder and receptacles arepossible within the spirit of my invention, and it is a specialadvantage that my holding device can readily be attached to differentreceptacles, larger or smaller as the case may be to suit the changingrequirements of the owner at a minimum expense.

I claim:

1. In a bottle holder, the combination with a housing, of a lockingdevice for a full bottle, a second locking device for an empty bottle,and

means whereby the second locking device is released by inserting abottle in the first, while the first cannot be released by inserting abottle in the second.

2. The combination claimed in claim 1, characterized by the fact thatthe said first locking device receives the bottle in upright position,while the second receives the'bottle upside down.

3. The combination claimed in claim 1, characterized by the fact thateach bottle is being held by a pair of pivotally supported lockingplates closing around the bottle neck.

4. In a bottle holder, the combination with a housing, of a. rst lockingdevice for receiving a full bottle in upright position, a second lockingdevice for receiving an empty bottle upside down, each of said lockingdevices consisting essentially of a pair of pivotally supported lockingplates closing around the bottle neck, and means whereby the said secondlocking device may be released by inserting a bottle in the first, whilethe rst cannot be released by inserting a bottle in the second.

5. In a bottle holder, the combination with a housing, of a rst lockingdevice for a full bottle, a second locking device for an empty bottle,each of said locking devices consisting essentially of a pair ofpivotally supported locking plates closing around the bottle neck, linksconnecting the said first locking device with the second in such a waythat the second gives the bottle free when the rst is in fully closedposition, a cap to receive the head of the full bottle slidably mountedover the said first locking plates, a table plate slidably supportedover said cap, a key held by the said table plate, arms connected withthe said rst locking plates and resting against said key when there isno full bottle in the holder, whereby the full closing of the said firstlocking plates and therefore the opening of the second locking plates isprevented, and means of raising the said table plate as a full bottle isbeing inserted, whereby the said key is lifted from between the saidarms and the iirst locking plates may be fully closed and the emptybottle may be released.

6. The combination claimed in claim 5, characterized by the fact thatthe said rst locking device receives the bottle in upright position,

while the second receives the bottle upside down.

7. The combination with a bottle holder according to claim 1, of areceptacle having a cover, said cover being so arranged that theinterior of said receptacle is inaccessible as long as a full bottle islocked in the holder.

8. The combination with a bottlev holder according to claim l, of tworeceptacles having covers, one receptacle being made inaccessible by afull bottle locked in the holder, and the other receptacle beinginaccessible if an empty bottle is locked in the holder.

9. The combination claimed in claim 5, characterized thereby that,measured at the points where the said connecting links are attached tothe said first and second locking devices, the amount of lift requiredto move the said rst locking device from fully closed position into theposition Where the bottle is being released, is greater than theanalogous lift required by the said second locking device; whereby it isprevented that a closing of the said second looking device may result insu'ciently opening the first 10 to release the full bottle.

ALFRED LESTIN.,

